The Ben Shapiro Show - July 20, 2026


Even Bill Maher Has Had Enough of the Left

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Bill Maher Hassan Piker Van Jones Bill Murray George W. Boyard Hillary Clinton Stephen Colbert Tucker Carlson Dwight Schrute Barack Obama Louis Burden Ezra Klein John Carl JD Vance Hitler Mara Omar
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Bill Maher and Van Jones are out of the Democratic Party, and it s time to ask the question, what's the deal with the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA)? What are they all about? And what are they actually about?

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00:00:00.000 There are a lot of moderate Americans, believe it or not, who are not on board with the crazy that the Democratic Party is currently pushing.
00:00:05.000 And although it may not feel it at times, there are, in fact, prominent and sane Democrats out there.
00:00:09.000 Yes, they exist.
00:00:10.000 Two of the biggest sane ones left Bill Maher, CNN's Van Jones, they spoke out over the weekend. 0.63
00:00:14.000 Well, folks, as the Democratic Party decides to just make way for the DSA left, the dirtbag left, the Hassan Pikers of the world, and the Kami Momdanis of the world, and all the rest of it, there is a segment of the left that is up for grabs.
00:00:26.000 That segment of the left is very much up for grabs. 0.66
00:00:27.000 This is why it is a bad strategy for Republicans to try to tune into the dirtbag right.
00:00:32.000 That is essentially the same as the dirtbag left.
00:00:34.000 There's a whole world of opportunity for people on the right to draw people in the middle. 0.65
00:00:40.000 And I want to take just a second to again explain exactly where the American body politic is.
00:00:46.000 So last week we talked about this study from Echelon Insights that looked at various strains of political thought and feeling in the United States.
00:00:54.000 And it laid forth essentially eight different groups in the United States.
00:00:58.000 The least populous group politically in the United States are the new Republican populists.
00:01:03.000 These would be the socially right and economically left voters.
00:01:07.000 Very, very small group.
00:01:07.000 This is why I don't understand what the vice president has been doing when he's programming to Tucker Carlson, for example.
00:01:12.000 Makes no sense to me.
00:01:13.000 On the left, they are programming to what would be called the young and disillusioned, right?
00:01:18.000 Young, female, racially diverse, skeptical of regulation, but for a robust welfare state, extremely anti establishment.
00:01:25.000 And then the other three sectors of the left are the American institutionalists.
00:01:29.000 These are people who believe the system basically works from faith and hard work, police, and the U.S. economic system.
00:01:35.000 That'd be kind of like Hillary Clinton Democrats.
00:01:37.000 And then there would be electability Democrats.
00:01:39.000 These would be probably Ezra Klein Democrats, people who are left leaning on most issues, but don't like defunding the police.
00:01:44.000 They're not fans of trans athletes in sports.
00:01:46.000 And then you have the loyal left.
00:01:48.000 Okay, so there is a group of people in the Democratic Party, the American institutionalists and the electability Democrats, who are not in love with the DSA.
00:01:59.000 That's like half of the Democratic Party.
00:02:02.000 Plus, add on the middle American optimists, right?
00:02:05.000 Those are middle of the road people on most issues.
00:02:08.000 And optimistic about America, generally speaking.
00:02:09.000 Okay, so again, that is a heavy share of the electorate you could direct into.
00:02:17.000 Now, if you're trying to think of people who are squarely in the middle of that electorate, you probably are thinking of people like Bill Maher or Van Jones. 0.99
00:02:23.000 And unsurprisingly, Bill Maher and Van Jones are looking at their own party and going, what the hell is this crap? 0.95
00:02:29.000 So Bill Maher was on ABC with John Carl, and he was explaining that the Democrats have gone berserk and he may be out. 0.98
00:02:35.000 Here's what he had to say I can't sit.
00:02:38.000 And just not notice stuff which people seem to want to do because it's all about my team or your team.
00:02:44.000 But yeah, there's some crazy stuff.
00:02:46.000 You know, when we're cheering for the Intifada, I'm out.
00:02:52.000 I mean, again, this is not difficult stuff.
00:02:54.000 There's a whole world of people in the Democratic Party who are open to sanity if Republicans present it.
00:03:00.000 Mara said, listen, I'm not going to do this communist America thing.
00:03:02.000 I don't like it.
00:03:03.000 I'm not living in communist America.
00:03:05.000 I mean, I know the talking point is that it's not communism, it's socialism.
00:03:11.000 Okay, I've read the quotes.
00:03:13.000 From the DSA platform, from their own mouths.
00:03:18.000 Don't tell me I'm not seeing what I am seeing.
00:03:21.000 And again, this is the problem Democrats are going to have.
00:03:23.000 If they keep pretending that the Democratic Socialists, they've been doing this routine, right?
00:03:27.000 Barack Obama did this routine with Stephen Colbert where he was asked about the DSA.
00:03:32.000 He said, well, you know, they just want allegiance.
00:03:37.000 They just want allegiance to, you know, like Medicare for all.
00:03:41.000 That's what they want.
00:03:42.000 All they want is affordability.
00:03:43.000 That's all they want.
00:03:44.000 And then you look at their platform and it's like, Seize the means of production. 1.00
00:03:48.000 Kill all the kulaks. 1.00
00:03:49.000 Collectivize the agricultural estates. 1.00
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00:05:01.000 Omar went so far as to tell ABCs that he could see himself voting for Vans.
00:05:06.000 Could you see yourself voting for JD Vance?
00:05:08.000 Yes.
00:05:09.000 If this is the Democratic side, yes.
00:05:15.000 Again, the fact that Marr is willing to say that now is pretty astonishing because Bill Marr is a pretty strong Democrat.
00:05:22.000 But the Democratic Party is leaving the Democrats behind.
00:05:24.000 Van Jones, another strong Democrat, very strong Democrat. 0.98
00:05:26.000 And he says, listen, I'm not going to do this crazy idea thing where I'm supposed to just make way for the nutsos.
00:05:33.000 I am tired, tired, tired of a set of people on the very far left.
00:05:39.000 In the Democratic Party, my party, telling us that in order for us to be progressives, we now have to believe ideas and support ideas that are completely nuts.
00:05:49.000 Again, there are sane Democrats out there, but we actually have to appeal to those.
00:05:52.000 It doesn't mean change our policies, it doesn't mean turn into a bunch of left wingers.
00:05:55.000 It means the traditional conservative policy gets along very well with non insanity.
00:06:01.000 It gets along very well with that sort of stuff.
00:06:02.000 It's not that hard to ditch the crazy, it really isn't.
00:06:07.000 You're not losing very much.
00:06:10.000 And the field is wide open.
00:06:12.000 The field is wide open.
00:06:13.000 I mean, the left is making a mockery of itself.
00:06:15.000 By the way, this is happening internationally too.
00:06:16.000 Over in the UK, the new prime minister, the one who replaced the old prime minister, same as the old guy, they're just going to keep revolving through various members of the Labour Party over there.
00:06:27.000 In France, far left politicians are having to shelve their Rolexes to demonstrate fealty to the impoverished way of life or something.
00:06:36.000 The funniest video that was going around this weekend was one of a far left French politician named Louis Boyard.
00:06:42.000 Taking off a $50,000 Rolex before denouncing the ultra rich.
00:06:47.000 And there's George W. Boyard, député de la France, is away.
00:06:58.000 It's crazy. 1.00
00:07:01.000 Ah, the French. 0.99
00:07:06.000 Oh, wow, these are some expensive watches. 0.67
00:07:10.000 These are nice watches.
00:07:11.000 My goodness.
00:07:14.000 These are all multi thousand dollar watches.
00:07:16.000 That is a very nice watch collection.
00:07:18.000 As somewhat of a watch guy myself, that's a nice watch collection.
00:07:21.000 But again, what exactly are the traditional Democrats rebelling against?
00:07:25.000 They're rebelling against the DSA, which is nuts, and now being taken with sort of full legitimacy by the entire left.
00:07:32.000 They're rebelling against Hassan Piker, who dresses up as Chairman Mao and screams about communism.
00:07:37.000 That's what they're rebelling against.
00:07:39.000 Hassan Piker went to a meeting of the College Democrats of America at their convention, and he spoke there while dressed up as Chairman Mao.
00:07:46.000 And I have to say, it is astonishing to me that the left is perfectly, perfectly willing to allow for people to cosplay as communist dictators who murdered tens of millions of people.
00:07:59.000 Can you imagine somebody showing up at a Democratic Party convention with a Hitler mustache?
00:08:03.000 Can you imagine that? 0.99
00:08:05.000 I don't see why this is any better.
00:08:06.000 Chairman Mao was literally responsible for the murder of at least 40 million people.
00:08:11.000 Here's Hassan Piker cosplaying as Chairman Mao and also Dwight Schrute from the office.
00:08:17.000 But no more to the Democrats who compromise, who conciliate, and who betray us.
00:08:30.000 No more to the fascist reactionaries, but no more to the Democrats who will collaborate and cooperate with the fascists, who will fund ICE, who will fund Israel, who will help poison the planet, who will stiff workers and help bosses.
00:08:44.000 We don't need those Democrats anymore.
00:08:50.000 In fact, I know we have a message.
00:08:54.000 We are coming.
00:08:56.000 We are embossed, we're unbought, we're unbound, and we will become undeniable.
00:09:06.000 Only blood will grease the wheels of history.
00:09:10.000 Oh my gosh.
00:09:11.000 Receiving applause from the college Democrats for saying that we don't need any of the Democrats anymore.
00:09:16.000 Good luck to you.
00:09:16.000 Well, again, there's a field wide open for running, friend.
00:09:19.000 Your Republican candidate who is willing to exist in the world of sanity is right there for the taking.
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